Gold’s Gym Douglasville Enewsletter

By Steve Pacheco

Group Ride Great Class to Lose Weight

Isn’t perception funny? This is especially true when seeing just how members view the “pounding” they expect to take during a Group Ride class in Douglasville GA Gold’s Gym. I hear comments such as, “You all seem to be working so hard”, or, my favorite, “I’ll take that class when I get in better shape.” In truth it all boils down to how the Group Ride experience is viewed or perceived in the eyes of the beholder. How things appear to change when you build the courage to take a class. Then the view changes from one previously held to,” I should have started earlier”, “it’s really only as hard as you want to make it”, or, again a favorite of mine, “show me how to take it to the next level”.

What Is So Special About Group Ride? 

So why Group Ride? I can say that it certainly is not for the pounding. No one would ever return if that were the case. Yet the Group Ride program in Douglasville, GA is one of the more popular classes Gold’s Gym offers.  And if judged on the number of classes offered (approximately 30 per week in) it is the most popular.  Why? I think at some level participants like to live the perception of taking on something tough.  There’s a pride in association with a program viewed as worthy of the fitness elite.

Group Ride Works! 

Dropping down a level or two there are reasons more practical while less psychological. Ride works! The class experience delivers on its promise of enhancing or increasing cardiovascular fitness in a very personally measurable way.  The participant “feels” the progress he or she makes over time (and not a very long time at that).  I don’t care how it’s gauged, either fewer rest breaks, longer time up and out of the saddle, or more resistance, progress is made.  More importantly, it’s personal progress in the sense that you are quickly getting better at something in ways you don’t have to be told. Making progress is good.  You discover it yourself! So it boils down to “progress” and not the “pounding”.  I can’t tell you just how good it feels to watch a member take simple personal pride in just “making it through class”.

Ready to Lose the Weight for Good? 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not discounting the benefits to core strength, increased Vo2 max, or drop in body fat, etc.  You just don’t have to go that far and measure all those things to know that something good is happening to you after a short time enjoying the Group Ride class experience.
And that’s where I come back to the beginning.  Individually you’ve been intimidated by a perception which almost kept you from trying Group Ride. Then you broke down some personal barrier and took your first class, and many since. Then, in some perverse way you want to return to having survived the pounding, and want others to know you did, perpetuating the myth. You are in an elite class of group fitness participants. Isn’t perception funny?

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